‘Choreography, performance, sound, music’ is the name of the second pilot project of the P.A.R.T.S. Research Studios that started in August 2015 and will run until November 2016. With the help of the intern Johanna Cockx, the pilot project was documented through interviews with some of the participants. The interviews focused on the participant’s backgrounds and how their personal work at P.A.R.T.S. arises from it. Due to time and logistic restrictions Johanna was not able to interview all the students. For her, "it might be the goal of future documentation to elaborate this work and to shed more light on the arising collective network. For now, we keep it on a short, but not less warm and inspiring acquaintance".

The program of the Research Studios Pilot #1 seeks to give a detailed insight into a body of work of Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, and to experiment with ways these tools can be activated/re-used/transformed in other artistic practices, other artistic visions. The Research Studios Pilot #1 program is not a repertoire project where one learns to perform the works.

RESEARCH STUDIOS is a new research program for choreographers and dramaturges with a MA degree and/or some years of professional experience, who want to research and develop their choreographic language. It is an environment that offers reflection and studio experimentation, exchange and collaboration with other artists, with a general theme framing the research work. The program starts officially in 2016-17 and is preceded by two pilot projects.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.